F. Paul Wilson

Author of The Keep

189+ Works 17,299 Members 414 Reviews 67 Favorited

About the Author

Author F. Paul Wilson was born in Jersey City, New Jersey on May 17, 1946. He has written over forty books and short story collections. He is best known for the Repairman Jack series and the Sims series. He won the Prometheus Award in 1979 for Wheels Within Wheels and in 2004 for Sims. He also won show more a 1984 Progie Award from the West Coast Review of Books for The Tomb, the Hall of Fame Award from the Libertarian Futurist Society in 1990 for Healer and in 1991 for An Enemy of the State, and the 1999 Bram Stoker Award for short fiction for Aftershock. His book The Keep was made into a film in 1983. In 2012 his title Nightworld made The New York Times Bestseller List. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

Includes the names: Wilson F. Paul, F. Paul Wilson, by F. Paul Wilson, Francis Paul Wilson, Paul Francis Wilson, Ф. Пол Вилсон, F. Paul (b. 1946) Wilson, F.ポールウィルスン, F.ポール・ウィルスン, F. Paul writing as Mary Elizabeth Murphy Wilson

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Series

Repairman Jack

The Secret History of the World Chronological Order

The Secret History of the World Publication Order

The Adversary Cycle {Chronological Order}

LaNague Federation Series

Repairman Jack: The Early Years

ICE Sequence

Sims

The Keep Graphic Novel

Nocturnia Chronicles

The Adversary Cycle {Publication Order}

Works by F. Paul Wilson

Popular Recent

The Keep (1981) 1,344 copies

The Tomb (1984) 1,328 copies

Legacies (1998) 764 copies

Conspiracies (2000) 669 copies

All The Rage (2000) 645 copies

Hosts (2001) 598 copies

The Haunted Air (2002) 549 copies

Gateways (2003) 523 copies

Crisscross (2004) 490 copies

Infernal (2005) 479 copies

Harbingers (2006) 473 copies

Bloodline (2007) 465 copies

The Select (1993) 411 copies

Midnight Mass (2004) 404 copies

The Touch (1986) 389 copies

Reborn (1990) 387 copies

By the Sword (2008) 377 copies

Ground Zero (2009) 346 copies

Reprisal (1991) 306 copies

Nightworld (1992) 290 copies

Implant (1995) 286 copies

Deep as the Marrow (1997) 274 copies

Fatal Error (2010) 244 copies

Black Wind (1988) 235 copies

Secret Histories (2008) 223 copies

The Dark At The End (2011) 219 copies

Healer (1976) 214 copies

Draculas (2010) — Author — 212 copies

Sibs (1991) 188 copies

The Tery (1984) 188 copies

Cold City (2012) 170 copies

Dydeetown World (1989) 169 copies

The Last Rakosh (2005) 168 copies

An Enemy of the State (1980) 167 copies

Sims (2003) 145 copies

The Barrens and Others (1991) 140 copies

Panacea (2016) 136 copies

Masque (1998) 132 copies

Wheels Within Wheels (1978) — Author — 130 copies

Secret Circles (2010) 127 copies

Mirage (1996) 122 copies

Dark City (2013) 116 copies

Secret Vengeance (2011) 113 copies

Nightworld {Revised} (2012) — Author — 110 copies

Soft and others : 16 stories of wonder and dread (2010) 102 copies

Aftershock & Others (2009) 95 copies

Fear City (2014) 94 copies

Nightkill (1997) 94 copies

Quick Fixes (2011) 88 copies

Artifact (2003) 84 copies

Virgin (1996) 80 copies

The Peabody-Ozymandias Traveling Circus & Oddity Emporium (2009) 75 copies

The God Gene (2018) 69 copies

The LaNague Chronicles (1992) 61 copies

The Void Protocol (2019) 51 copies

The Last Christmas (2019) 49 copies

Freak Show (1970) — Editor; Contributor — 49 copies

The Fifth Harmonic (2003) 37 copies

The Christmas Thingy (2000) 34 copies

Double Threat (2021) 34 copies

A Necessary End (2013) 32 copies

The Tery / The Twilight River (Dell Binary Star, No. 2.) (1979) — Author — 31 copies

Diagnosis: Terminal (1996) — Editor — 31 copies

The Keep [Graphic Novel] (2006) — Author — 31 copies

Demonsong (1979) 31 copies

Completely Doomed (2007) 30 copies

Signalz (2020) 30 copies

The Compendium of Srem (2014) 28 copies

La Causa (2000) 27 copies

Wardenclyffe (2018) 23 copies

F. Paul Wilson’s Repairman Jack: Scar-Lip Redux (2020) 20 copies

The Portero Method (2001) 20 copies

The Proteus Cure (2013) 19 copies

Ultimate Supernatural Horror Box Set (2014) 15 copies

The Long Way Home (1992) 14 copies

Infernal Night (2014) — Author — 13 copies

Thy Brothers Keeper (2008) 13 copies

Midnight Symphony (10 Novellas of Horror & Suspense) (2013) — Contributor — 12 copies

Sex Slaves of the Dragon Tong (2011) 11 copies

It's Alive: Bringing Your Nightmares to Life (The Dream Weaver series Book 2) (2018) 11 copies

Buckets (1989) 11 copies

The Widow Lindley (2013) 11 copies

Meerm (2002) 10 copies

Ad Statum Perspicuum (1990) 9 copies

Scenes from the Secret History of the World (2014) 9 copies

Dark Territories (2008) 9 copies

A Little Beige Book of Nondescript Stories (2004) 9 copies

Pelts [short fiction] (1989) 8 copies

Zero (2005) 8 copies

Secret Stories: Tales from the Secret History (The Secret History of the World) (2019) 8 copies

Interlude at Duane's [short story] (2005) 7 copies

Faces [short fiction] (1987) 7 copies

The Complete Adversary Cycle: The Keep, The Tomb, The Touch, Reborn, Reprisal, Nightworld (Adversary Cycle/Repairman… (2018) 6 copies

El curandero (1976) 6 copies

Never Fear (Anthology 11-in-1) (2015) 6 copies

Visiones macabras lo mejor del terror contemporáneo (1991) 5 copies

The Complete LaNague (The LaNague Federation Series) (2013) 5 copies

Never Fear - Christmas Terrors (2015) 5 copies

Ménage à Trois 5 copies

Bad News (Anthology) (2000) — Contributor — 5 copies

Definitely Not Kansas (2015) 4 copies

The Barrens [short story] (1989) 3 copies

Durch das Schwert: Der 12. Handyman Jack Thriller (2015) 3 copies

Soft 3 copies

Die Manipulation. (1998) 3 copies

Isaac Asimov's revista de ciencia ficción 12 3 copies

The November Game 3 copies

The Man With the Anteater (1971) 3 copies

Pard (1972) 3 copies

Necrophobia 2: Die graue Madonna (2008) 3 copies

Definitive Therapy 3 copies

The Compendium of F Volume 3 3 copies

The Compendium of F Volume Two 3 copies

The ICE Sequence: Panacea, The God Gene, The Void Protocol (2020) 3 copies

The Compendium of F Volume one 3 copies

The Keep #4 February 2006 (2006) — Author — 3 copies

RX Mayhem (2022) 2 copies

Santa Jack (Repairman Jack) (2013) 2 copies

Higher Centers 2 copies

DO-GOODER 2 copies

Midnight Mass [short story] 2 copies

Cemetery Dance Issue 45 (2003) 2 copies

Codename 2 copies

Bob Dylan, Troy Jonson and the Speed Queen 2 copies

Aftershock 2 copies

Necrophobia 3: Horrorgeschichten (2007) 2 copies

The Sound of Blunder 2 copies

Rockabilly 2 copies

Topsy 2 copies

Slasher 2 copies

The Tenth Toe 2 copies

A Day in the Life (1988) 2 copies

Tenants (1987) 2 copies

The Keep # 2 (2005) — Author — 2 copies

The Keep # 3 (2005) — Author — 2 copies

The Keep # 5 (2006) — Author — 2 copies

Feelings 2 copies

The Pines Abide 2 copies

The Keep #1 September 2005 (2005) — Author — 2 copies

Please Don't Hurt Me 2 copies

The Dead World (2015) 2 copies

Science Fiction Special 38 (1981) — Contributor — 1 copy

Family Secrets (2016) 1 copy

DNA Wars (2010) 1 copy

The Best of Art Linkletter's Kids Say the Darndest Things Volumes 1 & 2 1 copy

Handyman Jack. Der letzte Ausweg (2008) 1 copy

Never Fear - Phobias: Everyone fears something... (2015) 1 copy

Handyman Jack. Schmutzige Tricks (2008) 1 copy

THE ADVERSARY CYCLE MATCHED NUMBER SLIPCASED SET: THE TOUCH, THE TOMB, REBORN, REPRISAL, NIGHTWORLD, THE KEEP (2008) 1 copy

The Select / Nightkill 1 copy

Soft, Barren Aftershock, A 1 copy

Kivasztottak (1994) 1 copy

Double Dose (Duad) (2023) 1 copy

Pelts 1 copy

The Touch, book 2 of 2 (1988) 1 copy

The Touch, book 1 of 2 (1988) 1 copy

始末屋ジャック深淵からの脅威〈下〉 (2006) 1 copy

始末屋ジャック深淵からの脅威〈上〉 (2006) 1 copy

Three Films and a Play (2020) 1 copy

Other Sandboxes, Signed, 47/500 1 copy

Vento Negro 1 copy

Renascido 1 copy

Adversary Cycle 1 copy

Excerpt Of Wilson's The Keep 1 copy

Black Spiral Twisted Tales of TERROR 1 copy

Glim-glim Screenplay 1 copy

Lysing Towards Bethlehem 1 copy

Pelts Stage Adaptation 1 copy

The Secret History Of The World 1 copy

Ephemerata V3.0: The Odds and Ends of a Writing Life (revised and expanded) (2017) 1 copy

Dragon's Tongue 1 copy

Part Of The Game 1 copy

L'eredità 1 copy

Nyro Fiddles 1 copy

The Silent Ones (2020) 1 copy

Vendetta (1993) 1 copy

Kids {short story} 1 copy

Repairman Jack: A Mysterious Profile 1 copy

Rocket to the Morgue (American Mystery Classics) 1 copy

Ratman 1 copy

Reader's Digest Auswahlbücher: Die Prüfung / Der Spekulant / Das Tal des Fischadlers / Die Hand an der Wiege (1996) 1 copy

The Compendium of F 1 copy

Aryans and Absinthe (short story) (1997) 1 copy

Lipidleggin' 1 copy

Dydeetown Girl 1 copy

Be Fruitful And Multiply 1 copy

The compendium of F Vol one 1 copy

Muscles [short fiction] 1 copy

The Adversary Cycle (boxed set) 1 copy

Work Explorer

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100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories (1993) — Contributor — 448 copies

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Batman: Gothic (1991) — Introduction, some editions — 291 copies

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October Dreams: A Celebration of Halloween (2000) — Contributor — 263 copies

Stalkers: 19 Original Tales by the Masters of Terror (1989) — Contributor — 228 copies

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My Favorite Horror Story (2007) — Introduction — 140 copies

Dark Masques (2001) — Contributor — 137 copies

A Magic-Lover's Treasury of the Fantastic (1998) — Contributor — 135 copies

Hint Fiction: An Anthology of Stories in 25 Words or Fewer (2010) — Contributor — 133 copies

The Mammoth Book of Dracula (1997) — Contributor — 114 copies

Rage Against the Night (2011) — Contributor — 113 copies

Hauntings (2013) — Contributor — 112 copies

Silver Scream (1969) — Contributor — 111 copies

A Taste for Blood (1992) — Contributor — 108 copies

The Bradbury Chronicles: Stories in Honor of Ray Bradbury (1991) — Contributor — 106 copies

Lovecraft's Legacy (1775) — Contributor — 104 copies

Dark Duets: All-New Tales of Horror and Dark Fantasy (2014) — Contributor — 103 copies

Predators (1993) — Contributor — 102 copies

Isaac Asimov: Science Fiction Masterpieces (1986) — Contributor — 101 copies

Perpetual Light (1982) — Contributor — 101 copies

The Mammoth Book of Terror (1992) — Contributor — 101 copies

David Copperfield's Tales of the Impossible (1995) — Contributor — 99 copies

New Destinies, Volume 7, Spring 1989 (1989) — Contributor — 98 copies

Night visions 6: All Original Stories (1988) — Contributor — 93 copies

For the Sake of the Game: Stories Inspired by the Sherlock Holmes Canon (2018) — Contributor — 88 copies

Heroic Fantasy (1979) — Contributor — 88 copies

Razored Saddles (1989) — Contributor — 87 copies

The Mammoth Book of New Terror (2004) — Contributor — 85 copies

Darker Masques (2002) — Contributor — 85 copies

Night Screams (1996) — Contributor — 82 copies

The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 11 (2000) — Contributor — 81 copies

Best New Horror 2 (1991) — Contributor — 79 copies

Between Time and Terror (1995) — Contributor — 78 copies

Dick Tracy: The Secret Files (1990) — Contributor — 77 copies

Mister October: An Anthology in Memory of Rick Hautala (Volume 1) (2013) — Contributor — 76 copies

Halloween (2011) — Contributor — 74 copies

Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1992) — Contributor — 72 copies

The Cutting Room: Dark Reflections of the Silver Screen (2014) — Contributor — 62 copies

A Modern Treasury of Great Detective and Murder Mysteries (1994) — Contributor — 60 copies

The Year's Best Horror Stories: XVIII (1990) — Contributor — 58 copies

Horrible Beginnings (2003) — Contributor — 58 copies

Survival of Freedom (1981) — Contributor — 55 copies

In Dreams (1992) — Contributor — 52 copies

Vampire Slayers (1999) — Contributor — 52 copies

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Dancing With the Dark (1999) — Contributor — 49 copies

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100 Fiendish Little Frightmares (1997) — Contributor — 46 copies

The Art of the Pulps: An Illustrated History (2017) — Foreword — 44 copies

Rivals of Dracula (1996) — Contributor — 43 copies

Taverns of the Dead (2005) — Introduction — 41 copies

Rock On: The Greatest Hits of Science Fiction & Fantasy (2012) — Contributor — 39 copies

The Hogben Chronicles (2013) — Editor — 35 copies

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Retro Pulp Tales (2006) — Contributor — 32 copies

Reader's Digest Condensed Books 1996 v03 (1996) 32 copies

Dark at Heart (1992) — Contributor — 31 copies

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The Keep [1983 film] (2001) — Original book — 29 copies

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In the Footsteps of Dracula: Tales of the Un-Dead Count (2017) — Contributor — 27 copies

The Deadly Bride and 21 of the Year's Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Volume II (2006) — Contributor — 26 copies

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Shivers III (2004) — Contributor — 23 copies

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Horrorscape: New Masterpieces of Horror, Vol. 1 (1996) — Contributor — 18 copies

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Mister October: An Anthology in Memory of Rick Hautala (Volumes 1 and 2) (2013) — Contributor — 17 copies

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Common Knowledge

Canonical name: Wilson, F. Paul
Legal name: Wilson, Francis Paul
Other names: Murphy, Mary Elizabeth
Abbott, Nina (pseudonym)
Birthdate: 1946-05-17
Gender: male
Nationality: USA
Birthplace: Jersey City, New Jersey, USA
Places of residence: Wall Township, New Jersey. USA
Education: Georgetown University (BS|1968)
A. T. Still University Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine (DO|1973)
Occupations: Physician
science fiction writer
Awards and honors: World Horror Convention Grand Master Award (2005)
Prometheus Award (1979, 2004)
Inkpot Award (2007)
Bram Stoker Award (2000)
Porgie Award (1985)

Members

Reviews

The Tomb (MM) by F. Paul Wilson

Repairman Jack fixes problems, the kind the police can't or won't solve. Jack's current ex-girlfriend needs his help as her aunt has disappeared without a trace in the middle of the night. In the meantime, an Indian man comes to him needing his grandmother's necklace found before morning. She is dying and must have this rare heirloom back. There is something fishy with both these cases but Jack figures it out.

I love Jack. He's got so many last names it's a wonder he keeps them straight. He's an honest, upstanding guy who knows that sometimes the bad guy deserves to die... slowly. He has humour and a flippancy that perhaps hides his shyness and he's witty; everything I love in a hero.'

Gia breaks up with him when she finds out what he does. Can she love someone who kills? The cases he tackles are brutal, scary, supernatural, and fun. There's never a dull moment around and Jack's full of derring-do.… (more)

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Nikki_in_Niagara | 47 other reviews | May 31, 2024 |

The Tery by F. Paul Wilson

F/SF

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beskamiltar | 2 other reviews | Apr 10, 2024 |

Quick Fixes: Tales of Repairman Jack by F. Paul Wilson

The stories are good, but I was very disappointed to find all but one story were published in other Repairman Jack books or collections from the author.

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danielskatz | 1 other review | Dec 26, 2023 |